Siluanov said that the Bank of Russia is to make the payment on Friday.

On Thursday, Ukraine received the first five-billion IMF loan tranche. In all, Kiev is to receive $10 billion this year, the chief of the IMF’s mission in Ukraine, Nikolai Georgiyev, said.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned that the IMF money was not meant for social programs, and that about $2.7 billion from the first tranche would be spent to support the budget. Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko has confirmed the IMF loan will be used to replenish the gold and foreign exchange reserves and pay the foreign debt.